North View High School - Southside Echoes Yearbook (North View, VA)

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H ©isiappotnteli @trl Dorothy Adams was born in the backwoods of southern Virginia. Her parents lived on a beautiful farm far out in the country. Dorothy was the only girl, and she was always petted, and every wish granted. She had only one brother, and she was very devoted to him. There were no other chil- dren living near them, so they grew up as two little sisters. Their mother taught them at home until Dorothy became fourteen. Then she decided to send her off to a high school. She had never seen much of the world, and she hated to leave home, but they thought it would be better to send her off to school, because they were afraid that she, in being raised up all alone, would seem a little indifferent towards other people. They finally decided to send her to North View High School. At first she seemed very happy, but she soon became homesick and wanted to return home. But they wanted her to stay in school. After she became acquainted, she became more satis- fied, and liked there very much. She finally got so she would spend an hour every morning in looking over the magazine, and keeping up with the plays that were going on at the theaters. The principal asked her one morning why she was always late, but she gave him no direct answer. When her monthly reports were sent home, some of her marks were low, and her mother knew at once that some- thing was the matter. She wrote and asked her daughter what it was. She at first tried to deceive her mother, but she after- words became sorry about it, and repented very much. She felt that she was doing wrong to try to deceive so faithful a mother. She sat down and wrote to her mother and explained

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SOUTHSIDE ECHOES 3 C it fully, why she was getting such marks, but she promised her faithfully that she would try afterwards and do her duty. She fell very much in love with one of the young men of the town. He was very attentive to her. There was to be an entertainment given by Polk Miller, in the town hall, the fol- lowing Friday night. This young man made engagements to take her. On Tuesday evening she met another very handsome young man. She made engagements with him to go out riding on Wednesday afternoon. He came at the time set, and as they went spinning down the street in their automobile, something was said about the grand play that was to be in town on Friday afternoon. He finally said to her: “May I take you?” She hesitated for a moment and then said, “Yes.” She thought the other young man was so fond of her that she could do with him as she wished to and then make it all right with him. When time came for him to fill his engagement, he went to her home, but found out that she had gone. He became very angry at the idea of her breaking the engagement, but only said : “I will fix her.” These young men happened to be great “chums,” and they afterwards related to each other their experience. They de- cided to drop her entirely. You can imagine how disappointed she was. She wrote to them and tried to explain, but they still kept silent. Several months passed, but everyth ing seemed dark and dreary to her. She finally met a very handsome young drummer. He paid her a lot of attention, and took her to every play that came in town, and everything he could do to make her enjoy herself. She remained quite faithful to him. She never broke an engagement with him, for she had learned a lesson about not being true. Some months afterwards he was arrested for a serious crime which had been committeed. She remained very loyal